Cybersecurity skills shortage: Could training, certifications and diversity be a solution?

Fortinet released a report which reveals that the cybersecurity skills shortage continues to have multiple challenges and repercussions for organizations, including the occurrence of security breaches and subsequently loss of money. As a result, the sk… Continue reading Cybersecurity skills shortage: Could training, certifications and diversity be a solution?

Infosec products of the month: April 2022

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Akamai, Alert Logic, Arcanna.ai, Axis Security, BigID, BreachBits, ColorTokens, Finite State, Forescout, Fortinet, Hillstone Networks, IBM, Imperva, Keysight T… Continue reading Infosec products of the month: April 2022

Fortinet Security Awareness and Training service improves employees’ cybersecurity skillsets

Fortinet released its Security Awareness and Training service for companies to further protect their security posture by advancing their employees’ cybersecurity skillsets and knowledge. A Fortinet survey found that 73 percent of organizations had at l… Continue reading Fortinet Security Awareness and Training service improves employees’ cybersecurity skillsets

New infosec products of the week: April 8, 2022

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from ColorTokens, Forescout, Fortinet, IBM, Imperva, Keysight Technologies, and Orca Security. IBM z16 protects data and systems against current and future threats IB… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: April 8, 2022

IceID trojan delivered via hijacked email threads, compromised MS Exchange servers

A threat actor is exploiting vulnerable on-prem Microsoft Exchange servers and using hijacked email threads to deliver the IceID (BokBot) trojan without triggering email security solutions. “The payload has also moved away from using office docum… Continue reading IceID trojan delivered via hijacked email threads, compromised MS Exchange servers

Beware of old and new tax-themed scams and schemes

April 18 marks the end of the 2022 US tax season and those individuals who are yet to file their taxes should get a move on. But they should not throw caution to the wind, as scammers, fraudsters, phishers and malware peddlers are working hard to explo… Continue reading Beware of old and new tax-themed scams and schemes

Cybercrime getting more destructive, remote workers in the crosshairs

Fortinet’s threat intelligence from the second half of 2021 reveals an increase in the automation and speed of attacks demonstrating more advanced persistent cybercrime strategies that are more destructive and unpredictable. In addition, the expa… Continue reading Cybercrime getting more destructive, remote workers in the crosshairs

FortiGate 3000F increases security and networking convergence across hybrid IT architectures

Fortinet announced the FortiGate 3000F, the latest Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) powered by Fortinet’s purpose-built NP7 and CP9 security processing units (SPU) to support organizations in building hybrid IT architectures that accelerate digital inno… Continue reading FortiGate 3000F increases security and networking convergence across hybrid IT architectures

How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn

If you received a link to LinkedIn.com via email, SMS or instant message, would you click it? Spammers, phishers and other ne’er-do-wells are hoping you will, because they’ve long taken advantage of a marketing feature on the business networking site which lets them create a LinkedIn.com link that bounces your browser to other websites, such as phishing pages that mimic top online brands (but chiefly Linkedin’s parent firm Microsoft). Continue reading How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn